Follow minute-by-minute commentary of the QBE international game between
England and Australia at Twickenham on Saturday Nov 2 19, 2013, kick-off
14.30 (GMT).

WRAP: Not a classic. But England showed great character to turn around a 6-13 deficit at the break to a 20-13 success. Mike Brown was at the forefront of that good work, and was rightly named man of the match. Most importantly the red rose have won their first game as a full squad since March.

Owen Farrell missed three penalty shots in the first half, but finished strongly. He scored his side's second try – his first in white – and stayed on the pitch when some were calling for Stuart Lancaster to change things up and replace him for Toby Flood. Lancaster's team win the Cook Cup, and it marks England's fifth straight win at home – something they have not managed since 2003, and we all remember what happened that year.

England skipper Chris Robshaw, who crossed for his first international try, said:

We started well but we lost the momentum and territory focus. They got the try against the run of play. We addressed that with all guns blazing. I was very happy to get on the scoreboard, from all of one metre!

Visiting Australia captain Ben Mowen, in his first game in charge of his country, admitted "the best team won" and added:

They scrambled well in defence and stepped up a gear in the second half. It's a learning process for us, and there is a lot we can take out of the game today.

Thanks for joining me. Here's hoping that England can notch up two more successes this autumn. Join me here for next Saturday's match against Argentina.

80min England have a penalty, and with the clock in the red the ball is punted into touch and that is a win for the home side.

79min Mike Brown is named man of the match. No arguments from anyone, surely. Meanwhile England win another scrum after another choke tackle. The Aussies have their heads in their hands on the bench. All over?

77min England are able to relieve more pressure and win their own scrum. David Wilson, on for Dan Cole, has his opposite man Ben Robinson on toast. He pops up and it's a penalty for England, who clear from their own 22.

75min The Aussies win their set-piece as a round of Sweet Chariot rings out to repel any would-be Aussie try. Folau steps and he is smothered. Good defence. The Aussies knock on.

74min And now the Wallabies have a penalty about 30 metres out. With only six minutes left Cooper opts to give the ball to Toomua who punts for the corner. And makes his kick. Lineout.

73min Australia try to run it from their own line, and it comes right and Nick Cummins slips a tackle from Ashton. He is almost clear, but Brown takes him down. Phew!

72min Inside the last 10 minutes now, and it's a chance for the home side to calm things down. It's been pretty ding-dong for the past 10 minutes, since England's second try.

70min Mike Brown, with his blue shoes shining, launches another counter attack with his boot.

68min Kane Douglas thunders in to Farrell. It comes a minute after Twelvetress is replaced by Flood. But the young fly half is tough and he is back on his feet.

66min But England are now overplaying it. They take a quick line out, influenced by the exciting pace of the game. Twelvetrees' early chuck to Mike Brown is poor and the fly-back gathers but is forced to hold on. Penalty. Cooper can't hit between the posts, though. Big miss. It was from a way out, however.

63min And Cooper's lofted pass is not taken by Toomua. Yarde is almost able to hack on, but he misses. But the ball is hacked through and Tevita Kuridrani just touches it down behind his line under pressure from Tomkins. The Wallabies are guilty of overplaying it.

61min Australia respond well. They need to. But England, buoyed by that second try, hold firm close to their line. Lawes puts a good hit on Cooper, as the Aussie fly-half punts clear. Not late. Well judged.

Three years out from 2003 WC Woodward had his group of world beaters. Johnson, Wilkinson, Robinson, Vickery, Greenwood, Hill etc. This team is nowhere near having players of that talent. We are not even close to a World Cup winning team.

58min And on the 15th phase Farrell breaks the line, and he scores under the posts! It goes upstairs to the TMO, was it obstruction from Dylan Hartley, just on for Youngs? Was he blocking Moore?

56min England almost score when the ball is flashed from left to right, but Brown is felled. He retains possession, though. And the red rose crank up the pressure again.

55min Good steal at the breakdown for England, and Farrell is able to clear excellently. He has a spring in his step now. Australia have a lineout 10 out from their try line. Horwill leaps and gathers once again.

50minENGLAND 13 AUSTRALIA 13 Brilliant from England's skipper. It goes upstairs to the TMO, but he twists his thumbs upwards. And from wide on the left Farrell threads the conversion through the posts. We are all square. And television replays are showing that Mike Brown actually had his foot in touch to start off that whole swing in momentum for the home side. Ah well!

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Official RFU - Game-changing try from the captain, with the momentum all with ENG. Farrell slotted the conversion to tie the scores at 13-13, 53 mins.&lt;/noframe&gt;

50min There is a few minutes' delay as Australian No6 Scott Fardey, who clashed head with Brown, is taken off the field on a motorised stretcher. We start again and Horwill win his team's lineout. It's set back, and Genia's kick is charged down by Mako Vunipola. And breaks to Robshaw, who dots down for his first international try.

49min England – having taken a quick tap through Chris Ashton, and then seemingly knocking on (it's missed) – Yarde pins his ears back and burns off everyone but Ashley-Cooper. The Australian bundles England's young winger into touch about seven metres out. That got the crowd going agains, though. AA-C has a bloody cut above his head for his troubles.

48min Excellent from Mike Brown again, he has looked England's best player today. He darts out of his 22 when under severe pressure.

45min Yarde lucky to get away with what looked like a forward back-of-hand pass. And Tevita Kuridrani's hand-off on Tomkins flattens his opposite man. The Aussies flash right, and Adam Ashley-Cooper chips forward. He is taken out by Yarde, who blocks him blatantly. Lucky not to get a yellow card. But Cooper swings his penalty effort wide left, from the right. Very lucky, England and Yarde.

44min A free kick to England (on an Australian scrum). Farrell launches the bomb up, and Folau, under pressure from Tom Wood, knocks on. Sorry, vice versa. It was a blur.

42min Cummins spills a catch after Matt Toomua's high kick. Lucky for England, and Owen Farrell. Scrum down. And now a scissors from Farrell to Tomkins fails. Oops. Cue a shot of the replacement bench. Toby Flood. Is he the man to steer this match the way Stuart Lancaster wants?

41min And the second half is under way. Farrell starts us off again. Hopefully he won't miss any more spot kicks in the remainder of this game.

HALF TIME: ENGLAND 6 AUSTRALIA 13

The blistering start from England, promised by Andy Farrell, never materialised. Two lineouts misfired early on, and Owen Farrell hooked three penalty efforts wide. Just as it looked as though they were beginning to find their feet, and the Wallabies skipper Ben Mowen was warned for his side's indiscretions with a yellow card threatened, Australia scored. Typical. Indeed, the Wallabies notched up 10 points in three minutes, thanks to Matt Toomua's try (which Billy Twelvetrees should have defended against better) and Quade Cooper's penalty (which Twelvetrees conceded).

Not everyone found it an interesting 40 minutes. Not least Telegraph Sport's Brian Moore.

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Brian Moore - England v SDs - Well that first half will have cured any insomnia in the crowd.&lt;/noframe&gt;

But at least the member of the royal family in attendance is happy:

40min Genia kicks out of the full – and though it was time up. So England have a scrum and rumble up close to the line with a neat maul. But it's mucked, and that is it. George Clancy blows for the interval.

38min Fast and loose end to the half. Momentum swings back with England, as Mike Brown evades a couple of would-be tacklers in the middle of the field. England crank up the pressure, and there is more structure now. But Farrell slings a forward pass. Kettle taken off the stove. That would have been a good time for the home side to score. Looks like they will go in at the interval with a seven-point lead.

35min ENGLAND 6 AUSTRALIA 13 Yes, Cooper laces over for another three points. That's 10 points in three minutes. Farrell has missed nine possible points, remember. How he must rue those errors now.

34min And Twelvetrees is whistled for tackling off his feet now. The tourists have a penalty shot in front of the posts. Not a good couple of minutes for him.

31min Folau, blocked at the restart, is able to find space on the blindside from the scrum after the kick off. England are rattled now.

29 minENGLAND 6 AUSTRALIA 3 Yes, Farrell manages to knock it over from the right. England lead by three once more. He has two from five.

28min The home side win another penalty, this time from the other side, and closer to posts. Ben Mowen, the Aussie captain, is warned yet again about his side's ill discipline. They have conceded three penalties in scrums and three at the breakdown. Good work from Billy Vunipola in the lead up to that.

27min And this one hits the left post! Another miss. That's three. Over compensation for the kick at that angle. Big grown from the crowd.

26min Farrell makes touch on the left this time and Youngs finally finds a white shirt in the line. A ragged Australian defence cede yet another penalty within Farrell's shooting range. It's very close to the two he has missed.

24min Just outside their 22 England win their own scrum again. Solid. They even have a second surge, and the Wallabies front row pop up. Penalty. Lee Dickson tries to inject some much-needed pace with a quick tap, but he is hauled back.

23min Billy Vunipola does well there. Will Genia is found by Moore and looked menacing, but he is chocked by the No8. England are rewarded with a scrum as the Australia scrum-half cannot find the solace of the turf.

21min But Tom Youngs overshoots his lineout again. That's two England have lost two from two now, and both were arced towards the tail. Courtney Lawes is the man calling the shots.

20min More convincing from the re-set scrum from England, and Michael Hooper eases things further by breaking and being penalised. Farrell is able to send his clearance deep to the right of the Australian half and into touch.

19min Moore is scolded for going in with his boot, but that's all it is. No ejection. Scrum to England, just outside their 22. Scrum three and four both have to be reset. Better from the Wallabies pack.

17min Excellent from full-back Folau again. Cooper flings out a superb reverse pass to Nick Cummins, on the left wing, and close to the halfway line he punts upfield. But it's too far, and Brown is able to dot down for an England 22.

15min Gosh, Farrell has missed another. From a similar spot, on the left. He's hooked it further left. He's on one out of three so far. Needs to improve.

14min But England win the second scrum – against theirs. And Australia concede another penalty so Farrell can make amends. As he lines up his chance there is a lovely shot of the 2003 World Cup winners in the stands. Whose round is it? Lawrence?

12min And the young stand-off has missed. Shock. It's gone to the left of the sticks and there is a deathly silence from the crowd: the sound of disappointment.

11min Lovely chip and catch from Mike Brown, who has started very brightly, and Australia are whistled for going in at the side now. Up steps Farrell.

ENGLAND 3 AUSTRALIA 3 10minENGLAND 3 AUSTRALIA 3: Quade Cooper strokes over his first effort from 33 metres. We are all equal again.

9min And that set-piece error puts England under pressure, and winger Marland Yarde's mistake leads to a penalty shot, with England going in at the side.

8min But Tom Youngs' first arrow is too long, and that is a lost lineout.

7min Farrell dabs a kick through in to the Aussie 22, but Folau picks up with the ball on his laces. Superb. He finds Cooper, who wallops upfield. Mike Brown, in his first start at No15 at HQ, neatly keeps the ball in and hoofs it back, causing great cheers from the home supporters. Australia now kick for touch.

6min First scrum, England with the feed, results in a free kick for the home side. Good from the forwards as well as the backs.

4minENGLAND 3 AUSTRALIA 0: Owen Farrell knocks over the three pointer from just inside the Aussie half. First blood England.

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Official RFU - And &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/owen_faz" target="_blank"&gt;@owen_faz&lt;/a&gt; slots it with typical calmness, giving England a 3-0 lead after four mins. Encouraging start at the breakdown &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/search?src=hash&amp;q=%23ENGvAUS" target="_blank"&gt;#ENGvAUS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/noframe&gt;

3min England have a penalty shot now. Debutant Tomkins takes down dangerman Izzy Folau, and England are able to force the issue against the loose Australians, who hold on.

2min The first time Quade Cooper has the ball he punts for the right-hand corner, and it nearly bounces in the winger's favour. It's a lineout to the visitors. But Stephen Moore's throw is wayward. Let off for England.

1min And we are off! Matt Toomua begins proceedings. The ball bounces off Robshaw's head ...

14.30 Prince Harry is pictured in the crowd, applauding the rendition of God Save The Queen.

14.29 Anthems time now. Respectfully the England fans don't boo the Aussies. Ah, they are different to that football rabble, aren't they, the rugger crowd?

14.28 Here come England led by captain Robshaw. Cue the fireworks and roar.

14.27 Australia in a huddle on the pitch now, and dropped captain – not new man Ben Mowen – James Horwill barking the orders.

14.25Jerusalem being belted out now at HQ, the flags are being held taut but the military, and soon the teams will be with us.

14.22 Some more stats for you now: – The Wallabies have only lost two of their last six visits to Twickenham – The hosts, on a run of four home wins, have not won five on the bounce since their run of 22 consecutive wins (between October 1999 and September 2003). That was before they went on to lift the World Cup

14.18 So a rather confident England side lost 20-14 in this fixture last year, and a young openside flanker Michael Hooper was named man of the match. The 21-year-old is rather more well known now. It will be really interesting to see how England's captain, Chris Robshaw does against him.

Amazingly the England starting XV have won an average of just 14 caps (113 caps in all). The centres, Billy Twelvetrees and Joel Tomkins, have just five between them. Former Wigan Warriors captain Tomkins makes his bow today. Telegraph Sport's Brian Moore has some advice:

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Brian Moore - When you run out for a first cap it's incomparable. Superlatives aren't enough to capture the mix of pride, angst, joy &amp;amp; responsibility.&lt;/noframe&gt;

14.15Stuart Lancaster has just been on, and this is what the England head coach has to say:

It's a big game for us, with some young lads, but we have a talented team. We have had a great week's training. The trick is translating that into the Test match arena. It's great weather – that should suit both teams. It should be a cracking match. We must start well.

14.10 We are just 20 minutes away now from George Clancy's first whistle (interestingly England have never lost under him). Here's a lovely snap of the Australians arriving earlier:

14.05 This is what will fire today's England side up as they head out to the hallowed turf in about 30 minutes, tweets from England fans:

14.00 Tries are something we are almost guaranteed this afternoon. Australian full-back Israel Folau made his debut in the first Test against the British and Irish Lions earlier this year (when on the right wing) and he is an awesome athlete. Here is an excuse to show the highlights of that match, which featured four cracking five-pointers (though not from any Englishmen):

13.50 On the topic of decent tries, it is three years ago now that England walloped Australia 35-18 – a result that cruelly opened the curtains to another false dawn – and Chris Ashton raised eyebrows for this superb score, which had even the traditionalists, wiping ale from their whiskers, suggesting that it was the best ever seen at HQ.

Oh how under-fire Ashton, who was lucky not to be dropped in the Six Nations, would love to produce a five-pointer, from a metre out, today.

13.45 It's a decade since England lifted the Webb Ellis Cup, defeating the Wallabies on their own turf with 26 seconds remaining on the club, and Telegraph Sport's Will Greenwood enjoyed the legends' match yesterday.

13.30 Here we are, then, an hour away from the first England game at HQ since March.

Stuart Lancaster's troops go over the top against Ewen McKenzie's new-look Australia, the old foes.

Unsurprisingly a full-house 82,000 punters are expected to enjoy the action at Twickenham, and conditions are looking perfect (not the swirling torrents feared earlier in the week): there's a 20 per cent of rain; it's 16 degrees; and the wind is licking just 4mph.

Sit back and enjoy the build up (and don't be afraid to get in touch), as I bring you news, views, tweets and videos – and pictures like this one: